Paris, Oct 18, 2025 (AFP) - France's credit downgrade shows need to pass budget: minister

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A cut to France's credit rating by S&P Global is "a wake-up call" for the country to pass a 2026 budget, Economy Minister Roland Lescure said Saturday. "This is an additional cloud to a weather report that is already quite grey" in terms of France's economic outlook, he told Franceinfo radio. France, with one of the largest debt piles among European Union countries, is in the midst of a political impasse over the budget, which has so far failed t......

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